Truck



TRUCK Filed April 10 1922 BASSA@ 2 Sheets-Sheet l $ept. 18, 1923.

H. GREEN ET AL TRUCK 2 Sheets- Sheet 2 Filed Avril 10 adibou w41 ,Patented Sept4 1S, i

HAROLD GREEN, or' YQNKEns, NEW Yorin; Ann rierrcannn irl lirriieiv, or Jnnsny cui@ Eererirfjorrierf;

Nnw-JEnsnmnssie-Nensfro nnvonveron ceiirreiifr, or JERSEY ci'rmnnw JER- SEY, A 'Conriverioir or New grinsen; iv 1 v i TRUCK.

" l "Applikation nien April 1o, i922. Iseli-iai No. `551329.

To all fw hom t may/bancaria* Be it known VVthat we, @HAROLD t'iijnnv, residing at Yonkers, in the county of lifestchesterand State'orl New York, and l/Viin- 5 REN M. LYMAN, 'residing Vatdersejy' City,rin i Y thecounty ofludson and State of New Jer,-

sev,l citizens or" the ,United States of itiner-V ica, have invented certain new and Vuseful improvements in Trucks, ofwhich the fol:j

" lowing `is specification,*reference being.

had to Vthel accompanying drawings.

This invention. relates' toV Vim'provieirie'nts in triiclrs, and particularly to improvements V-in trucks ofthe lifting-platform type@ rin' object ot this invention is'to .provi de al littl ing-,platform truelrwith means for prevent.` ing the inadvertent lowering of the plat-formi ,of thetruc'k, thereby safeguardingthe operator from the danger ofinj'urjf, to whichhe Ellis 'exposed in the event ofthe accidental'V lowering oi' the platform in trucks as they Vhave heretofore been Adesigned'.Y `Another teature'ofthis invention residesjinfthe prevision otialatch-tripping pedal 'operable froineithersideof the tongueV of the (truck, instead offrom vonly Vone Vside, asis "the ease in trucksheretotore in use:

' linz-the'drawings'illustrating the -nricivple of this invention andthe best mode new known to us oifapplying tliatprinciple,

Fig. l is'an elevationg partlyin section, of 'so Vmuch o t the platform elevating and lower` ing mechanism-ias may be necessary toillustrate this invention; the platform being trates: the same! mechanism, in" a like view, Vthe plffitorni'beingr shown in its lraisedposition; and Fig'. 3 is a det-ail, illustrating, in

. Aplan, the latch-releasing pedal `andfthe parts e@ thereby controlled. A

* The truck-frame', a fragment of which is fshown at a, isfsupported upon wheels, one y. ot? which` (the` caster-wheel) is shown, -mar'lred overlying the frame' @there ris* priwided a Yliftingplatform `c formed, `at

one'side'oit its front transverse a. fixed tooth ordog @fit/hat is arrangedlto vbe eneafed'with the tooth end e"` of a 1v'- V .l1 b

otedl dog or latch CZ, when theplattorm ci is raised (Fig.`2).fEXtending transversely or' the frontface Vc" ofthe Ylettergthere lis l mounted a xed shafte, each endet which forms a pivottoi" the upper and of a-linlr-i fing through holes in the ears m, mx.

arm f, the'oth'er end otwhich is mounted rotatablyon al pivot f" carried hy the Vtruckrame Vf.i(or base) 'ab rEhe axle upon ried bv the lower end' ot a lone king-bolt r j D l that .is free to turnin a. bearing` 0" (Fig. 3)

formed in the trame-head c/.. To the unierend of the hing-bolt g, there isfas tenedsecurely lthe upper end of a drop fhangei'farrn 7L in the lowerie'nd oi which which is Vmounted the'caster-wheel is-caia pin j, one end of thehandle-bar oi tongue t passes and, furthermore, with a projection 7oV that serves as a'safety detent or locking- `pins ZX-(Figs. land 2), so that it is tree nto rock between the `lugs or 'ears m that Vpro] ect from the head e of the truck-traine fa, the fixed pivot-pins or hinge-pins CZ* pass rlhe dog` dismounte'd. free-to rock, upon one ot the fined hinge-pins d* (Fig. 8); and this do;r Z isnot secured tothe pedal lm. but is Y' tree fromv attachment thereto, 'although its i end fl is actuated thereby, when thedog .4Z

ieftripped andthe platforinc is released by n Y depressing the pedal m. 35 shown in' its lowered positiony;V Fin-"2 illus- (known as a s15ool), tov the back of the lower end of which there is hingedlv fastened at o the upper'end of a litt-arm 0 through Athe lowerend of which passes the sha-ft e 3), whereby the slidahle spool m, and the liftingplatform o are linked to- `efether. 'V The front`-` taceof thesnool n is lformed with a vertical series of horizon! -tallyw'disposed 4teeth n. that aresegmental face c', with- (or practically*sernicircnlar) in form and that diminish gradually in diameter from the uppermost to the A:lowermost tooth, Aso

surface Otan invertedeone, or to `form a This end of the handle-bar 7a is 'formed with a slot 7c', through which the pinV that these teeth n may be said `to liejinthe Y clutch l platform inner` end oi the litt-levert'. The outer or front end of this lift-levert' is formed with a notch or recess z" withv the walls ot which engages a tooth or lug` Z1* handle-bar lz.' rlhe slip-joint or pin-andslot connection formed-by the pinky' andthe slot 7c permits the engagement and disengagement of the tooth JX with and from the walls of the recess i', by merely thrusting or cog y?" of the toothed segment pis in mesh with the topinost tooth ot the rack fn,

formed on the lifting slide-block or spool n. By noiY pulling` the handle-bar It outwardly and downwardly,l the toothedv segmental end p of the lift-lever .is thrown upwardly, so that the spool oi' slide-block n, iscaused .to slide or travel upwardly along the kingbolt g, whereby the lifting-platform o is, by virtue of its link connection with thespool n through the litt-arm 0,v made to swing` on the link-armsf upwardly and away `from the truck-base a. has been thrown into the lowered or horizontal position shown in Fig. 9i, the spool n has reached the upper limit oi' `its travel and the lifting-platform o has attained its raised position, in which .its'xed tooth c passes under and into engagement with the toothed end d ot the pawl or pivotedlatcli (l and is held. securely, the coil-spring' l] throwing up the tail-end d of the latch or clutch d and retaining :the dog` o and ,in interlocking position and the c in raised position.Y 1When the handle-bai' 7av is thrown into its lowered, horizontal position Fig. 2), the safety lug` orV detent 7s" on its inner end engages the ,lower face ofthe tripping-pedal m, thereby loclrineythat pedal against operation: and,

vin this position ot' the handle-bar 7c, the

lifting-platform o is raised. A coil-spring m tends to holdV the body-part of the tripping latch 'm in raised position. Were there provided no such means for locking the pedal m from being rocked so as to release the latclior pawl (Z and thereby to permit the platform c to be lowered into the position shown in Fig. l, such downward moyement of the platform o and its connected :parts (the lift-arm 0, the spool a Aand the toothed end ol the lift-lever i) would result in the upward throw of the outer endA 'of the litt-lever 2'; and, ifthe workman should have inadvertantly lett the handle- `bar c and `the lift-levert iiiterlocked with each other through the medium of the tooth formed on the stru el( W'hen the handle-bar le,

or lug ux being thrust into the recess t, :the handle-bar 79 would be thrown upwardly with the outer end or the litt-lever z', and the workman would be indanger of being. and injured by" vthe khandle-bar f, as it followed fthe upward throumot Vthe outer partei' the lift-levert.` But tlie provision the lool-:ing lng or detent 7c renders it impossible to depress the pedal m and thereby to permit the lowering away oli the platform 0, while the vhandle-barV 7e Y is Vcoupled with tlieouteryendof the litt-lever e',

through the medium of the engagement oit the tooth zyywith the ii'allsoit' the recess The woikiiian'inust nistV disengagre the lian'- dle-bar': 'from Vthe Vlitt-lever e', by pi.ill ii i,ql the lug 7e out of the recess t', and so withldrauthe Ydetent 7c from lits pedal-locking Vposition below the pedal m, before lie'can depress the vsame so to ,release the clutch or ,"latch Z from its engagement with thelixed dog or tooth. o so asto permit the liftingtion shown inV Fig. l. .Y

AsV Vis plainly illustrated in Fig. 3,Y the p latiformta to descend-into its lowered posi-V pedal 'm is semi-.circlar in shape and ishingedly mounted, in ears ml formed on the head a ot the truclrrframe a. Vgiving tothe [pedal `m its semi-circular form, the

operator is enabled to depress the pedal, y from either side Vof distinctly understood Vthat we fully realw.

ize that changes may be .Y made in; the structure herein disclosed and that wein- -tend `toginclude within the `scope of the claims that follow hereinafter Vall modiiications ol the preferred form ot this in- `vention that do not-depart substantially from the spirit thereof` For eXample,.-the

Vcaster-wheel Y) Vmay be either asingfle casterwheel or a double caster-wheel.V AA Gain, the

semi-circulartripping pedal m may be(` Vmade integral with the tail-end ofthe 'latch (Z, in which case-the safety detent 7'9"* may Y be omittedf We claim Y Y Y l. An apparatus of the character described, includingr base; a load-carrying platform vcaiqoable of being' raised with `respect to the base of the apparatus;- retaininp; means tor holding the p'latformin Vits' raised position g i releasing means controlling;

the retaining' means and actuating-the saine to permit the -plat'torin to descendtowards the base; and'meclianism for 'locking the releasing means automatically at theend oi? the upward. movement -v of: the ii'latfor-in,V

whereby theinadvertent Aoperation of the releasing` means is prevented. Y Y

2. An apparatus ofthe character de- 'scribed7 including a base g a load-carrying iis ing means controllingrthe retaining means and arrangedlor actuation `ofthe sainet-o laterin ca able of bein@n raised Witlilre spent to the base ofthe apparatus; elevat= ing mechanism 'for raising the patoi-ni above thebase; retaining means torholding tlie plattoi'inV inrits raised position; releaspermit the platitorm to'V descend Ytowards the Vf-oaseg and "af lockingdevice controlled by the elevating mechanism tor rendering the releasing `means"incapable o'lzinadvertent operation while the platform is in its raised position.

apparatus according to Vclaim 2,

Vcharacterized in. that the releasing means is operable by the Workman from either side or the elevating mechanism.

1l. An apparatus 'of the Character ,de-

A scribed, including a base ;Y a load-carrying 20 platform capable of being raised vWith respect to the base of the apparatus;V elevating means lfor raising` the platform above the base; retaining means for holding the platform its raised position; releasing means controlling the'retainiiifg` means and arranged for actuation Vof the same to perinitthe platform to descend towards the base; operating mechanism controlling the elevating` means and capable of being de- Atachably interlooked therewith; and a lock ing device Vcontrolled `by the Voperating mechanism' for the elevating` meansand arranged to render automatically the releasing Vmeans incapable oi' inadvertent actuation HAROLD GREEN.

i WARREN M. LYMAN. Signed in the presence oit- Y l l l-lnNnY G. HERMANN. 

